#a4acee

Color #a4acee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.58 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a4acee

RGB

rgb(164, 172, 238)

HSL

hsl(233.5, 68.5%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.5, 31.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.1%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(71.94, 12.06, -33.89)

LCH

lch(71.94, 35.97, 289.59)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0951, 278.53)

HWB

hwb(233.5, 64.3%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eee6a4

Analogous

#a4d1ee

#a4acee

#c1a4ee

Triadic

#a4acee

#eea4ac

#aceea4

Split-complementary

#a4acee

#eec1a4

#d1eea4

Tetradic

#a4acee

#e6a4ee

#eee6a4

#aceea4

Square

#a4acee

#eea4d1

#eee6a4

#a4eec1

Shades

Color #a4acee mixed toward black.

#6b78e3

#3345d9

#202fa9

#151f71

#0b1038

Tints

Color #a4acee mixed toward white.

#b3baf1

#c2c8f4

#d1d5f6

#e1e3f9

#f0f1fc

Tones

Color #a4acee mixed toward gray.

#aab1e8

#b0b6e2

#b6badb

#bdbfd5

#c3c4cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8e0 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a7a6dd · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#a4d5d2 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4acee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4acee]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a4acee (#a4acee) is rgb(164, 172, 238) in RGB.

No, #a4acee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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